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by whoisburbansky 1280 days ago
What are you invested in that dividends net you meaningful cashflow?
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S&P 500 indices pay 1.56%, so after a couple of years if Faamng salary is $400k that can make it savings that's $6k residual growing each year.

S&p dividend indices are 2.54%, utility indexed 2.85%

if faamng salary is supposedly that high, that's like a shocker, and probably massive hyperbole, unless something bizarre happened over the last 5 years. that said, total comp could be pretty high like that quite plausibly.
It's not hyperbole, although prior to 2022, getting $400k total compensation as a senior meant working at a handful of companies, even ones like Google and Microsoft weren't paying out that much unless it was through stock appreciation.
total comp is possible, but salary? that's weird
i expect this to be total comp, weighted towards RSUs; with a 1 year vest; that employees diversify rapidly.
well timed (fortunately) tech sector for several years.